On April 13, 2019 at the Institute of the international relations of Kazan Federal University, the Round table "A role of education in development of interreligious dialogue" took place.
The executive director of the Fund of strategic dialogue and partnership with the Islamic world, the chief of the Center of interreligious dialogue of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy, professor of the Institute of the international relations of KFU E.L. Sadykova, the deputy chief of the Center of interreligious dialogue of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy V.P. Kozlov, the head of the Center of the international relations of the Institute of the international relations of KFU M.M. Vladimirova, the masters of Institute of the international relations studying "Dialogue and partnership of civilizations” profile, students of the Bulgarian Islamic Academy and group of students of the Kazan Orthodox Theological Seminary participated in a meeting.
Agenda of the meeting:
- Why interreligious dialogue is a milestone at solutions of political problems in the modern international relations;
- "Religious education and its role in development of interreligious dialogue";
- Interaction of religious and secular education, practical aspects.
In the introduction the executive director of the Fund of strategic dialogue and partnership with the Islamic world, E.L. Sadykova expressed great gratitude to the Rector of the Kazan Orthodox Theological Seminary, the Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan, and to the Rector of the Bulgarian Islamic academy D.M. Abdrakhmanov for support of carrying out a round table with participation of students of the specified religious educational institutions.
Inviting participants to a discussion, E.L. Sadykova noted that the interreligious relations play an important role in safety in the modern international relations. At discussion of issues of interreligious dialogue, understanding of communicative function of religion has the essential value. One of the forms of interreligious communication is a dialogue in the higher education system. In the highest educational institutions representatives of various nationalities, cultures, religions study, thus, the unique platform for cross-cultural and interreligious dialogue is created. Also, development of various dialogue formats with participation of representatives of secular and religious educational institutions is important.
During discussion, participants raised the questions of the concept and the principles of interreligious dialogue, communicative function of religion in the conditions of cultural and civilization variety of society, an education role in formation of the tolerant personality, to education of morality and humanity, respect to the way of life of other people, overcoming of alienation and conflictness.
In end participants of a round table thanked organizers.
The action received a wide resonance and mass media coverage – on the websites of Kazan Federal University, the Kazan orthodox theological seminary and Bulgarian Islamic academy.
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